{"id":2037,"date":"2020-01-04T18:38:58","date_gmt":"2020-01-05T00:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thekindredway.com\/test\/?p=2037"},"modified":"2020-01-04T19:04:29","modified_gmt":"2020-01-05T01:04:29","slug":"new-year-new-me-finding-wellness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thekindredway.com\/test\/new-year-new-me-finding-wellness\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year, New Me, Finding Wellness!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/thekindredway.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/New-Year-Wellness-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"New Year, New You, Finding wellness\" class=\"wp-image-2042\" width=\"523\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thekindredway.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/New-Year-Wellness-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thekindredway.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/New-Year-Wellness-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thekindredway.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/New-Year-Wellness-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thekindredway.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/New-Year-Wellness-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thekindredway.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/New-Year-Wellness-1-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/thekindredway.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/New-Year-Wellness-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Most people consider a new year a new chance to start over.  Resolutions are made.  It is time to be a better you and get rid of bad habits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps you don&#8217;t make resolutions.  You just want things to get worse.  No new habits, just trying to live your best life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Normally, I don&#8217;t make New Year resolutions but this year I did.  It was time to begin to be a better me.  I have been lazy and not caring what the year brought because I was just floating along feeling no better and no worse.  Just kind of numb to everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The past few years have been awful and the chance to take care of me or consider myself wasn&#8217;t in the cards.  You keep this up and eventually, things turn bad for you.  Your health gets worse, you gain weight, you just aren&#8217;t the person you use to be. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Why The Change?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I realized by the end of last year that I had hit rock bottom.  My body and my mind were going downhill.  I was sick and fat and depressed.  Things had to change or I would die young or so I thought.  At that point, I had no way to go but up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I can&#8217;t get comfortable in bed at night.  I can&#8217;t sleep or I go to sleep but then wake up and stay awake for hours.  My stomach was constantly hurting.  I would sit down or lay down and when I got up, I hurt so bad that I could hardly move.  I was getting bigger and bigger and I was miserable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, nothing has changed yet.  This is just the beginning of the new year and I am still my same self except now, I am trying to be better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>How Am I Going To Get Better?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The first thing I am doing to get better is to get rid of my old attitude.  I left the pity party and am trying to think of myself in a better light.  At the same time, I am trying not to be so hard on myself and let things that don&#8217;t matter, go.  I am getting older and some things will never be the same and that&#8217;s ok but I can try and be healthier for my age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That starts with eating right.  How do you do that?  That is a great question because everyone has an opinion or idea of how healthy eating is supposed to look.  I am not buying that.  I have tried every diet and I am tired of that.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have friends that have been successful on so many different diets.  They just haven&#8217;t worked for me.  My stomach issues just seem to be getting worse.  I tried the popular Keto and it just didn&#8217;t work for me.  I felt sick.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I decided to do the opposite.  I cut back on meat, cheese, and eggs and started eating more fruit and vegetables.  The pain is gone.  My gallbladder was removed and maybe that&#8217;s why fat and animal protein weren&#8217;t working for me.  I will keep you posted on how this goes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Trying To Make Matters Better Than They Are<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>There was a time when I would not let things get to me.  You would think as you got older that this would continue but in my case again, it was the opposite.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Something would happen at home or at work and it probably would be no big deal but to me it was everything and I would truly get upset.  I knew in my head that I shouldn&#8217;t be reacting the way that I was but my emotions just couldn&#8217;t shake it.  I really tried during last year working on this and I have been better with this and will continue working on my emotions and reactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other thing that I am working on is not being so lazy.  This is so not like me.  I am an active person and a social butterfly but in the past couple of years, I haven&#8217;t wanted to do anything or see anyone.  Sitting on the couch by myself was just fine with me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is not good for me or my family.  I have so many things that I want to do and places I want to be.  This is still a thing for me and I still have to make myself get up and do things.  Once I am up and going I am fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>How will this year end?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>While no one can tell the future, I am predicting that I will be better.  On New Year&#8217;s Eve of this year, I will be healthier, skinnier, happier and more outgoing.  I won&#8217;t be so hard on myself and my family will be grateful for the change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Never give up.  Be better each day even it is small.  Small things add up to be big and that is the goal.  I am looking to be well.  Wellness may be my new word for this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Until next time,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kari<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most people consider a new year a new chance to start over. Resolutions are made. 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